RECORDS LINK HOME IN CALIFORNIA TO TE’O CASE

When Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o ordered two dozen white roses delivered to 21503 Water Street, he says he thought they were headed to the home of his dead girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. In fact, the man implicated as the ringleader of a false-identity hoax and many of his relatives have lived in the single-story, stucco bungalow, according to publicly available records and interviews with neighbors.

Water Street, in a working-class community 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, adds another element to the Te’o-Lennay Kekua hoax: the house six doors down, at 21403 Water, belongs to a family named Kekua — an uncommon Hawaiian name but the same one as the fictitious girlfriend at the center of the ruse.

Two members of the real Kekua family told The Associated Press they had never heard of a “Lennay Kekua.”

The Kekua fabrication came to light Wednesday, when
Deadspin.com revealed that the story of Te’o’s girlfriend dying from Leukemia last September was a fake — because Lennay Kekua never existed.

Horse racing

Wise Dan beat out I’ll Have Another for Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards. Wise Dan also became the first horse to sweep Horse of the Year, older male and male turf horse honors since John Henry in 1981.

• The agent for jockey Ramon Dominguez said doctors are optimistic the nation’s leading rider will fully recover from a fractured skull.

Golf

Justin Rose extended his lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship, shooting a 4-under 68 to take a two-shot lead over Jamie Donaldson and Thorbjorn Olesen.

• David Frost shot a 65 to hold a two-stroke lead on John Cook after the second round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, a Champions Tour event, at Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii.

• Despite 15 points from junior guard Amy Kame, the University of San Diego women’s basketball team (11-7, 3-3 West Coast) fell to Gonzaga, 62-50, at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

• Strong shooting from the perimeter led the visiting UC San Diego women’s basketball team (9-8, 7-3 CCAA) to a 61-50 league victory over Cal State East Bay.

Soccer

Brian Farber’s header goal with 2.2 seconds remaining in regulation gave the San Diego Sockers a 6-5 victory over the Las Vegas Legends on Friday night, extending their U.S. pro sports record winning streak to 47 games.

Boxing

Mikey Garcia won a unanimous decision over Orlando Salido to take the WBO world featherweight title at New York. The fight was stopped after the eighth round when an accidental head butt by Salido broke Garcia’s nose near the end of the round. Garcia won by scores of 79-70, 79-69 and 79-69.

College football

Texas A&M has agreed in principle to give coach Kevin Sumlin a contract extension and a raise after he led the Aggies to 11 wins in his first season with the team.